Dayton E. Phillips (1910 – 1980) was an American politician and a member of the

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for the 1st congressional district of

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Biography

Born, Dayton Edward Phillips, on March 29, 1910 at Shell Creek, Tennessee in Carter County, he grew up on a farm, attended the country school, and went to Cloudland High School in

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. From 1929 to 1931, he attended

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in Tennessee. He attended the

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at Knoxville and graduated with a

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degree in 1934. He taught school in Carter County, Tennessee in 1931 and 1932.

Career

Phillips was admitted to the

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in 1935 and commenced practice in Elizabethton, Tennessee, and graduated from National University Law School in

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with a J.D. in 1936. He was the attorney for Carter County from 1938 to 1942. He was district attorney general of the first judicial circuit of Tennessee from 1942 to 1947. During

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, he served as an enlisted man in the

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, with overseas service in the

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, from 1943 to 1945. Elected as a Republican to the Eightieth and Eighty-first Congresses, Phillips served from January 3, 1947 to January 3, 1951, but was not a successful candidate for renomination in 1950. He resumed the practice of law and was the chancellor of the First Chancery Court of Tennessee. He resided in Elizabethton, Tennessee.

Death

Phillips died on October 23, 1980 in

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. He is

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at Happy Valley Memorial Park, Elizabethton, Tennessee.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Phillips, Dayton E. 1910 births 1980 deaths People from Carter County, Tennessee Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee 20th-century American politicians People from Elizabethton, Tennessee National University School of Law alumni University of Tennessee alumni